Who did the character of rosie the riveter symbolize?

a. the female industrial worker of world war ii

b. the patient female homemaker of world war ii

c. the women who ran their husbands' businesses during world war ii

d. the women who ran their husbands' farms during world war ii

A. The female industrial worker of WWll

When men left their work by the thousands to join the war, women entered the workforce to construct essentials for the war effort. Rosie the Riveter symbolized the fact that women could do the same work that men could when placed in that situation.